Great Plains Airlines

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Great Plains Airlines was a regional airline headquartered out of Tulsa, Oklahoma with a hub in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The airline was founded in 2001 but filed bankruptcy and ceased operations in 2004 after a bid for assistance through the Air Transportation Stability Board (ATSB) was rejected. The airline's foundation was based upon giving Oklahoma non-stop flights to a number of destinations, ultiminately to business centers on the east and west coasts, but poor management and increased competition into the Oklahoma market killed the airline.

The airline had several signature items, including Krispy Kreme donuts on breakfast flights, and the tails of their aircraft would change color from blue to purple depending on the viewing angle.

The airline's IATA code was ZO.

[edit] Destinations

• Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Austin, Texas (planned but never introduced)
• Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Nashville, Tennessee
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Tulsa, Oklahoma
• St. Louis, Missouri
• Dulles International Airport in Washington, DC.

The airline had also sought a route into Chicago Midway Airport, and had a code share with Rio Grande Airways into Durango, Colorado.

Austin Texas was added briefly in the route structure but only held for a few months. Chicago Midway was also serviced in the last few months of flight operations.

[edit] Fleet

• Fairchild-Dornier 328JETs